Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Surgeons Toward Nutrition Support in HIPEC Patients

A Survey of the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Surgeons Toward Nutrition Support in HIPEC Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02374411

Enrollment

Registered

2015-02-27

Start date

2014-09-30

Completion date

2015-03-31

Last updated

2017-02-08

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Conditions

Adenocarcinoma, Appendiceal Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, Sarcoma, Uterine Neoplasms

Brief summary

The goal of this survey of international HIPEC (Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy) surgeons is to determine their knowledge of and attitudes towards the nutritional support needs of HIPEC patients and what their practice patterns are with this patient population.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Surgeon trained in and performing the HIPEC procedure

Exclusion criteria

* Not performing the HIPEC procedure

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Collect questionnaire data from 150 HIPEC surgeons	Three months	Questionnaire development was informed by the works of: Karim et al, JPEN 2014 Mar 3, \[Epub ahead of print\]; Cahill, et al, Critical Care 2014, 18:R96; Vashi et al, Nutrition Journal 2013, 12:118; and Cahill et al, BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:197.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
HIPEC surgeon practices of patient nutritional support assessed by questionnaire	Three months	Questionnaire development was informed by the works of: Karim et al, JPEN 2014 Mar 3, \[Epub ahead of print\]; Cahill, et al, Critical Care 2014, 18:R96; Vashi et al, Nutrition Journal 2013, 12:118; and Cahill et al, BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:197.
HIPEC surgeon attitudes toward patient nutritional support self-assessed by questionnaire	Three months	Questionnaire development was informed by the works of: Karim et al, JPEN 2014 Mar 3, \[Epub ahead of print\]; Cahill, et al, Critical Care 2014, 18:R96; Vashi et al, Nutrition Journal 2013, 12:118; and Cahill et al, BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:197.

Countries

United States

Outcome results